These TED talks were very engaging and definitely made some interesting
claims that I hadn’t previously known to be possible! I thought the cymatics
idea was very cool; I’d seen videos of sand changing shape on giant speakers
before, which looks amazing, but I wish he had gone into more of the science
behind why the sounds makes these shapes. I would also love to know more about
how they use cymatics in terms of healing. While it’s very interesting to know
that they’re breaking down the language of dolphins using sound patterns and it
can be used as art, it’s more intriguing to me how they could use sound to facilitate
healing and education. The claim that sound helped form the universe is a very
compelling argument. The only thing that makes me think otherwise is the fact
that sound does not or cannot exist is space because sound waves can’t travel
with no atmosphere. At the beginning of the universe, was it silent? Were sound
waves emitted and did they shape the natural forms we see today? I guess
there’s no way to be sure. But it would be interesting to explore further; I
wish he had gone on with information!
The other talk from Daniel Tammet about the nature of
perception was very fascinating because I wish I could see how synesthetics do
all the time! I would agree with Tammet that aesthetic judgments guide what we
know, because we perceive everything according to our senses. I thought the
little factoid about Nabokov was very cool, because you can definitely see how
his language was affected by his synesthesia; his word choice makes sense based
on the pleasantness of the color order. The word was harder for me to
contemplate. Tammet asserts that language matches the intuitive experience of
the listener, which would make sense to me, but I couldn’t even blatantly match
the word with a feeling; I overthought it. But I think that added dimension to
poetry would make it so much more enjoyable to read; I wish I could think the
way he does and perceive words and numbers in the way he does in order to see
that added layer of beauty that comes with the written word. I’ve always had a
hard time reading or writing poetry, but it would seem a lot easier if it was
all in color! I wonder about how the different kinds of synesthesia affect
people’s perceptions of the world, because I know that while some people
associate letters and numbers with colors or shapes, others see auras or colors
associated with people or living things. Something to consider.
I thought, because we may do a technology fast, that I would
share a TED talk one of my high school teachers did a little while back,
because I actually had a similar assignment in high school! We had all kinds of
logs and reflections to do during it, so I thought I would share some of his
observations about the assignment here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR7ExVuHy5U
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